#4C170E#4C170E

#4C170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.082 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C170E
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 81.6%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.41, 24.50, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.41, 30.92, 37.61°)
OKLab	oklab(28.88% 0.07 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(28.88% 0.082 32)
XYZ	xyz(3.3665, 2.1815, 0.6592)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C170E #0E434C

analogous

#4C0E24 #4C170E #4C360E

triadic

#4C170E #0E4C17 #170E4C

tetradic

#4C170E #244C0E #0E434C #360E4C

square

#4C170E #244C0E #0E434C #360E4C

split-complementary

#4C170E #0E4C36 #0E244C

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #4C170E #802718 #B33621

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.62

#4C170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#4C170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C170E

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C170E	1.00	14.62	1.44	14.62
#FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26210D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#540A15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.082 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83574d',
    500: '#4c170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c170e;
$custom-light: #83574d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28875,
    "c": 0.08246,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.02181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C170E

secondary

#2F7A87

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C170E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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